02-03-2023, 05:04 PM
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We probably couldn't have launched a response to it if we wanted to.
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02-03-2023, 05:23 PM
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Its more festive?
You just wait until the Mexicans get spy balloons...they'll drop candy when you blow them up.
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02-03-2023, 05:25 PM
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Its more festive?
You just wait until the Mexicans get spy balloons...they'll drop candy when you blow them up.
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I'm okay with this.
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02-03-2023, 05:32 PM
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I'm okay with this.
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Plus its got a built in defense mechanism.
"Well...it could be a spy balloon or...it could be the Mexican President's daughter's quinceanera...hard to say. Do we risk it?"
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02-03-2023, 06:20 PM
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It's just a massive gender reveal balloon that got away.
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02-03-2023, 06:46 PM
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Then what are they even good for? Why even have them then??
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I Googled it and the best I could find is that satellites rely on their orbital path and pass over quickly to get snippets of information, while balloons can linger for a while, be sent directly to specific areas, and collect more data in a longer window of time. While China could launch more satellites to get more orbital paths, balloons are cheaper and still quite good at collecting information.
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02-03-2023, 06:52 PM
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I Googled it and the best I could find is that satellites rely on their orbital path and pass over quickly to get snippets of information, while balloons can linger for a while, be sent directly to specific areas, and collect more data in a longer window of time. While China could launch more satellites to get more orbital paths, balloons are cheaper and still quite good at collecting information.
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Yeah...I was actually talking about bazookas.
I am firmly on 'team balloon' and I want to see a resurgence of Zeppelins, the great airships of olden days!
I just think that if you cant hit a balloon with a bazooka then your bazookas suck.
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02-03-2023, 09:36 PM
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02-04-2023, 01:46 AM
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I Googled it and the best I could find is that satellites rely on their orbital path and pass over quickly to get snippets of information, while balloons can linger for a while, be sent directly to specific areas, and collect more data in a longer window of time. While China could launch more satellites to get more orbital paths, balloons are cheaper and still quite good at collecting information.
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There’s also geosynchronous satellites which is a certain height above earth and is synchronized with the earths revolutions making it appear stationary
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02-04-2023, 02:18 AM
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There’s also geosynchronous satellites which is a certain height above earth and is synchronized with the earths revolutions making it appear stationary
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*geostationary.
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02-04-2023, 02:22 AM
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But 35 thousand km above the surface means you need really, really good optical equipment to match the resolution you can get from a balloon at 20-40 km using an off-the-shelf full-frame sensor camera.
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02-04-2023, 08:36 AM
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Yeah...I was actually talking about bazookas.
I am firmly on 'team balloon' and I want to see a resurgence of Zeppelins, the great airships of olden days!
I just think that if you cant hit a balloon with a bazooka then your bazookas suck.
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Maybe they're scared it will bounce back!
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02-04-2023, 08:52 AM
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It's just a massive gender reveal balloon that got away.
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Or knowing the self absorbed people who do this it was all part of the plan to let the world know.
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02-04-2023, 09:30 AM
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Norm!
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I doubt that if it is a spy satellite that its about taking pictures. Its probably got a sensor package looking at categorizing any active air defense sensors.
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02-04-2023, 09:49 AM
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Just seems like Cold War bull####.
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02-04-2023, 09:54 AM
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Now that one is definitely full of Candy or Fortune Cookies.
"Whats your cookie say?"
- "Your friends are worried and checking up on you."
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02-04-2023, 10:01 AM
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So...when do we have to beware the invasion from the Zeppelin Armada?
Just paint 'Goodyear' or 'Budweiser' on the side and they'll just let you float right on in!
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